GRP 97-"Thank You For Your Service" With Adam Schumann

Global Recon

John Hendricks

Government

4.8 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

GRP 97- “Thank You for Your Service” written and directed by “American Sniper” screenwriter Jason Hall depicts Adam Schumann (played by Miles Teller) and other, real-life soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division. The movie, opening Friday, portrays their struggles with traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal thoughts following their return from Iraq to Fort Riley, Kansas. We have Schumann on for this episode to discuss his career in the Army as well as some of the challenges he’s faced over his 34 months on the ground in Iraq. We talked about PTSD and brain injuries. This is an incredible movie that I had the opportunity to attend an early screening back in August. I was literally gripping the edge of my seat. It’s very emotional. Enjoy. 0:00-Episode overview 1:08-Retired four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Leadership 5:18-Introduction to Adam Schumann. Three combat deployments into Iraq for a total of 34 months of time on the ground. 13:19-How we deal with brain damage as a society. 23:44-Blast wave injuries, explosively formed penetrator’s (EFP). “Separate your arms and legs so you weren’t sitting parallel. A lot of times you sit with your arms on your knees guys were getting hit by EFP’s and losing all four in one shot”- Adam Schumann Follow my co-host and my pages on social media. Links below. Global Recon: www.Globalrecon.net https://www.instagram.com/igrecon https://www.instagram.com/blackopsmatter www.twitter.com/igrecon https://www.facebook.com/GlobalReconPodcast/ HP Lefler: https://www.instagram.com/4runner.freyja Chantel Taylor: https://www.instagram.com/mission_critical https://www.instagram.com/altern8rv Music provided by Caspian: www.caspianmusic.net

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0:00.0	Thank you for your service.
0:02.0	Written and directed by screenwriter Jason Hall, who was the screenwriter for American
0:07.0	Sniper.
0:07.8	It's based on the book of the same title written by David Finkel.
0:11.6	For this podcast, we had Adam Schumann on, and Adam served with the second battalion
0:16.2	16th infantry regiment in the U.S. Army in Iraq during 2007, 2008. He was one of the soldiers
0:23.1	profiled in the book by David Finkel. Now, I was able to see this movie at an early screening
0:30.8	in August, and it is an absolutely incredible, you know, it had me gripping my seat.
0:44.2	I think this movie is really going to push this topic front and center about how we deal with post-traumatic stress and brain injuries as a society.
0:49.4	And it was really a pleasure to have Adam on and to hear from him directly.
0:54.9	And we talked about several different things, including some of the threats that they face in Iraq
1:00.1	and how to deal with, how he dealt with some of these issues.
1:04.9	I hope you guys enjoy it.
1:06.0	This is this week's Global Recon Podcast.
1:08.0	My name is Amy Wilkinson.
1:09.1	I'm a White House fellow.
1:10.4	My question is how you
1:12.0	define the key characteristics of effective leadership that allow you to go and be an advocate for good.
1:17.5	Trust. The longer I have been in public service and more people are asking about leadership
1:24.4	over the years, leadership ultimately comes down to creating conditions of trust within an organization.
1:32.3	Good leaders are people who are trusted by followers.
1:36.3	Leaders take organizations past the level at the science of management as is possible. One of my sergeants back in the infantry school of Fort Benning
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